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Re:Keyboard Shortcuts every Command Line Hacker should know ... by chaosite on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @07:22AM (#33786638)
You can enable "Emacs bindings" in a bunch of applications. Enabling that in GTK would let you use the cursor movement keys in Chrome and Firefox.

https://askubuntu.com/a/1280532

Re:Keyboard Shortcuts every Command Line Hacker should know ... by aplaice on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @07:47AM (#33786913)
Unfortunately, GTK 4 has removed key themes. Eventually, Firefox, Chrom(e|ium) and all actual GTK applications will migrate to GTK 4, so this is not very future-proof.

I use a variant of the emacs key theme, so I'd be happy if there were a workaround...

Re:Keyboard Shortcuts every Command Line Hacker should know ... by tmtvl on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @04:30PM (#33793596)
It's unfortunate that the GTK devs feel they have to remove features which their users find useful to keep GTK maintainable. Keeping software complexity under control is a difficult task, and I can't begrudge them their choice.
Re:Keyboard Shortcuts every Command Line Hacker should know ... by CodeIsTheEnd on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @10:49AM (#33789005)
You are a hero and have just cured me of a hundred daily paper cuts. My employer should give you a bonus.

It works in Chrome, but unfortunately not in the standalone Slack client. (Maybe an argument for switching to the web version?)

(Uh, does anyone know how I select all (previously C-a) or search (previously C-f) in Chrome now??)

EDIT: Looks like C-/ functions as select all, still looking for a find replacement.

EDIT #2: Oh, silly me, as long as I'm not focused on an input, C-f still works.